Mailing-container



L. D. CONRAD.

MAILING CONTAINER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 14, 1920 1,364,918. I Patented Jan. 11,1921.

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LESLIE D. CONRAD, OF OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON.

MAILING-CONTAINER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 11, 1921.

Application filed May 14, 1920. Serial No. 381.364.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, LESLIE D. CONRAD, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of Olympia, in the countyof Thurston and State of Washington, have invented new and useful Imrovements in Mailing-Containers, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention is a mailing container and embodies a compartment forcontaining an article of shipment that requires a given postage, towhich is permanently attached, a second compartment for retaining anarticle re uirin a different postage.

econ ly, it is my intention to combine a large container or envelop anda smaller one which is disposed upon one face of the former, the largecontainer or envelop serving to mclose an auto license tag or the likewhile the smaller one receives the usual license certificate issuedcoincident with the tag-thus both the tag and certificate may be mailedas a single unit of mail matter.

Further, my invention comprehends a mailing container including a largecompartment or envelop completely assembled which will contain anarticle such as an auto license tag for mailing, and a disassembledenvelop or pocket carried thereby adapted to be assembled by the senderto inclose the addressed license certificate.

It is also within the provisions of my invention to provide a mailingcontainer having a number of compartments, each requiring differentpostage rates, and which is formed from a single blank, the inventionbeing inexpensive to manufacture.

With the preceding objects and others as may be hereinafter outlined,the invention consists in the novel formation, arrangement of parts andcombinations as will be defined in the subjoined claims, and illustratedin the attached drawing wherein- Figure 1 is a perspective of themailing container preparatory to mailing;

Fig. 2 is a like view illustrating the container assembled for mailing;

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 2; and

Fig. 4 is a diagrammatic view on a reduced scale of the blank from whichthe container is constructed.

Referring in detail to the drawing wherein like characters of referencedesignate like parts in all the views, the numeral 5 designates a blankin its entirety, from which the container is constructed. The blank 5 isfolded longitudinally to afford an intermediate section 6 and endsections 7 and 8 respectively, the intermediate section being providedwith flaps 9 and 10 at its transverse ends.

The section 8 is cut or incised diagonally an equal distance from itsopposite trans verse ends at a point adjacent the point of juncture ofthis section with the intermediate section and is folded at the innerends of these incisions to afford end flaps 11 which when the containeris completely assembled are arranged in overlapping relation between thesection v7 and the intermediate part of the section 8, this latter partwith the end flaps 11 constitute a relatively small envelo or pocket. Inorder to secure the intermediate part of the section 8 to the section 7the outer longitudinal edge of this part projects beyond thelongitudinal edges of the flaps and is coated with a suitable adhesiveupon its under face.

As illustrated the intermediate part of the section 8 is provided with alongitudinal sight opening 13. However, this sight opening may beeliminated if desired and the mailing address written at any convenientpoint on the container.

The container is assembled in the following manner: The section 7 isfirst folded upon the intermediate section 6 and the end flap glued orotherwise secured thereto.

The section 8 is then folded over the section 7 and has its innerlongitudinal edge fixed to the inner longitudinal edge of the latter.The container or envelop thus formed receives the license ta asillustrated in the drawing. When it is esired tomail the tag, thelicense certificate addressed upon its reverse face is inserted in thesmall envelop or pocket and the free or 'gummed ed e 12 affixed to thesection 7.

t is to be understood that the form of my invention herein shown anddescribed is to be taken as a preferred example of the same, and thatvarious changes in the shape, size and arrangement of parts may beresorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or thescope of the subjoined claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure and protect by Letters Patent of the United States, is:

1. In a mailing container, a main compartment, a Wall arranged centrallyof the ends of the main compartment and having one longitudinal edgesecured thereto, said Wall having a sight opening therein, end flapscarried by the Wall to be arranged in overlapping relation between theWall and the adjacent wall of the main compartment and With the firstmentioned Wall constitutes a compartment for the reception of an articleto be visible through the sight opening, and means to secure the freeend of the wall to the adjacent Wall of the latter to retain the flapsin such position.

2. An envelop including a blank folded to afford an intermediate and endsections, one of the latter sections being folded over the intermediatesection and secured together at one transverse end, the other sectionbeing folded to overlie the first mentioned end section and having itsinner longitudinal edge secured to the adjacent longitudinal edges ofthe intermediate section, said section being incised longitudinally fromits opposite ends adjacent its attached edge and folded at right anglesto the incisions to afford flaps to be arranged in overlapping relationbetween the free part of the latter section and the first mentioned endsection, and means for sealing the free end of said section to theopposite end section.

' LESLIE n. CONRAD.

